Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hires Victoria Ellington, ex-Ron DeSantis presidential campaign staffer, as deputy chief of staff, promotes Omri Ceren to legislative director, Tim Dill to national security adviser and Samara Brown to domestic policy adviser, and announces return of Cassy Garcia, most recently with Hispanic Republicans of Texas, as deputy state director … Summit Ridge Group promotes Fan Jia to director, Daniel-John Perez and Samantha Lynch to vice presidents, and Katie DiRico to associate … Oregon Senate confirms Les Perkins as member of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, term ending Feb. 15, 2028.
Mitel names Eric Hanson, ex-OneSpan, chief marketing officer ... Oxio, telecom-as-a-service platform, adds Zain Manekia, ex-NMS Capital, as an independent board member and head-strategic investments ... SOSi promotes Jim Edwards to chief growth officer ... Meta adds Broadcom President-CEO Hock Tan and John Arnold, co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures, to its board.